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Hanford, WA Tests Find Plutonium In Fish, Mulberry Trees

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Jun 18, 2005 - The data collection and written report was completed by Marco Kaltofen, a registered professional engineer and environmental scientist with more than 19 years...
Hanford, WA Tests Find
Plutonium In Fish,
Mulberry Trees
6-17-5

SEATTLE (ENS) - Radioactive contamination in public areas surrounding the Hanford Nuclear Site in Richland, Washington is higher and more geographically widespread than previously thought, according to a report today from a government watchdog group and a chemical data firm.

The Government Accountability Project (GAP) and Boston Chemical Data Corporation issued a study that includes the first reports of plutonium in clams and fish in the Columbia River.

The report includes evidence that radiation levels in mulberry trees are higher than previously reported, and that strontium-90 has entered the ecosystem in high levels.

"This is hard evidence that points to past Department of Energy reports as being inadequate to protect the people of southwest Washington and northern Oregon," said Tom Carpenter, GAP Nuclear Oversight Campaign Director.

The data collection and written report was completed by Marco Kaltofen, a registered professional engineer and environmental scientist with more than 19 years of experience in environmental investigations. He is the president of Boston Chemical Data, a corporation specializing in environmental investigations. The company is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Samples were analyzed by Pace Analytical Services, Inc. of Madison, Pennsylvania and PASC/Maxxam of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

The report, "Citizens Monitoring of Columbia River Radionuclides," was peer reviewed by a retired Hanford scientist and reviewed by the Oregon Office of Energy.

Kaltofeno's slide presentation : fairewinds.com

Here's one chart from that tepco worker exposure document. It does show a big decrease from the initial crisis, but interesting a few people got really big doses at the start, hundreds got 10-20 and thousands got the "under 10" category, that's got to be unprecedented for nuclear industry, at least in the west.

Chart of worker exposure by date:
www.tepco.co.jp
msv March April .. Sept
over 250 5 0 0
200-250 1 0 0
150-200 1 0 0
100-150 5 0 0
50-100 78 0 0
20-50 260 1 0
10-20 666 19 0
10 or less 2726 3588 1046
total 3742 3608 1046
max msv 590 42 1.22
ave msv 8.9 0.5 0

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